Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Last Weekend at Last!

I have finally been able to sit down and let you know what I did this weekend. It so far has been a busy week with my DD starting another year in color guard.

First I worked on Clairee's block. This the last block for the Dreams of Spring RR. My block is now on the way home as Clairee's is on to her. I picked out the only spot left just about and worked on that one. It is a beautiful shade of green as this block is to be a pillow. So I used all color fast thread and ribbon on it. Hand dyed stuff was out as I did not want it to run on her.

I experimented with new flowers and made my first monogram. I especially like the "C" I made for her. I hope she does also.

Here is a close up of the spot that I worked on.................

I also worked on some CD pin keepers. One of the ladies that I worked with brought me all of the CD's she had that were not usable. She wanted one to hang in her car. She does not sew but she thought that the pin keeper is a wonderful decorative piece. She made me think of the ocean, kind of like a free soul. I told her that she reminded me of a sea sprite. SSSooooooo this is the one I made for her.....

I gave it to her Monday at work. She loved it! She told me that her apartment was full of "sea" or "ocean" things. I just knew that she was an water person! She has it hanging in her car right now! I hope that it lifts her spirits when she is having a bad day!

The last thing that I worked on this past weekend is another pin keeper. As many know I work for a company that services nursing homes. I go in and draw blood at night. I have a lady who is in one for knee replacement rehab. She is a sane/traditional quilter (I am trying to convert her to the crazy way but you know that some just cant be turned!). I made her a pin keeper as when I go in to draw her blood sometimes I have to help her find her pins. I took it to her Monday morning. She loved it! She said that it was the first time that a vampire brought her something instead of taking blood from her! I am hoping that she is enjoying it. Here is the picture of what I made for her..................

Well that was my fairly productive weekend in a nut shell.................................................

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Beauty, happiness, pleasure, success, luxury, dissipation.

The Empress is associated with Venus, the feminine planet, so it represents,
beauty, charm, pleasure, luxury, and delight. You may be good at home
decorating, art or anything to do with making things beautiful.

The Empress is a creator, be it creation of life, of romance, of art or business. While the Magician is the primal spark, the idea made real, and the High Priestess is the one who gives the idea a form, the Empress is the womb where it gestates and grows till it is ready to be born. This is why her symbol is Venus, goddess of beautiful things as well as love. Even so, the Empress is more Demeter, goddess of abundance, then sensual Venus. She is the giver of Earthly gifts, yet at the same time, she can, in anger withhold, as Demeter did when her daughter, Persephone, was kidnapped. In fury and grief, she kept the Earth barren till her child was returned to her.